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Right now, folks dream of Thursday and all the mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing and turkey the holiday offers. Local Flavor loves a Thanksgiving meal just as much as the next person, but today it’s all about the other white meat: pork.
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COMMUNITY NEIGHBORS CONNECTING ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY AND COOKIE EXCHANGE: with lunch, Dec. 18, noon to 2 p.m., St. Marks Community Center, Main Street, New Milford; bring three dozen cookies and a container, a $5 wrapped gift to exchange and a non-perishable food for a local food bank; free, open to Susquehanna County residents.

'THE VIEW' WITH A SCRANTON ATTITUDE: Let's Hear It from the Girls, Jan. 25; Let's Hear It from Both Sides, March 22; Let's Hear It from the Boys, April 26; cocktails 6 p.m., show 7 p.m., Scranton Cultural Center at The Masonic Temple, 420 N. Washington Ave.

WEST PITTSTON LIBRARY EVENTS: For Me, For You, For Later Story Time Series, Learning To Wait, Friday; Value, Jan. 18; Working at a Job & Earning Money, Feb. 22; Spend, Share, Save, March 6; Barnes & Noble Book Fair, Friday to Sunday; Book Club, first Tuesday of the month, 6:45 p.m., free; Weekly Story Time, Fridays, 1 p.m., free. 654-9847.

THE LORD OF THE RINGS MOVIE MARATHON: Dec. 8-9; "The Fellowship of the Ring," 11 a.m.; "The Two Towers," 3:10 p.m.; "The Return of the King," 7:25 p.m.; Cinemark 20 and XD, Moosic, $30. Visit www.cinemark.com.

A DAY AT THE CULTURAL CENTER: year-round, 10 a.m., Scranton Cultural Center at The Masonic Temple, 420 N. Washington Ave.

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